People

Port security clearance lags for non-feds

GAO says the Coast Guard doesn't process security clearances quickly enough because it doesn't understand its role in educating stakeholders.

Modernization

Amber Alerts arrive wirelessly

Wireless companies and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children formed an initiative to deliver Amber Alerts wirelessly.

People

Virginia Beach CIO to step down

The position has evolved to a job that requires more general management responsibilities.

People

ManTech to buy homeland security high-tech company

ManTech International will acquire a high-tech company based in Alexandria, Va., that specializes in the homeland security and law-enforcement markets.

Digital Government

NOAA offers access to new radar data

Java-based application lets scientists quickly view and retrieve information.

People

FAST becomes D.C. search overlord

Washington, D.C., will deploy a Norwegian company's search engine across the city government's entire information technology infrastructure.

People

HHS doles $1.3B for bioterror

States, territories and metro areas will get the funding.

People

Congress seeks border fixes

The Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act would require development and implementation of information-sharing initiatives and other actions to improve border security.

People

Fairfax expands e-pay services

The Virginia county government will be using Govolution for more than 30 applications.

People

Governors still oppose Real ID

It will be expensive and technologically problematic, the National Governors Association says.

People

Mass. fuses intelligence

A new center will analyze info from disparate sources statewide to find patterns of crime and terrorism.

People

Real ID zips through Congress

The supplemental funding bill passed this week includes controversial provisions requiring states to meet new federal standards for driver's licenses.

People

Clift focuses on the 'e' in democracy

Democracy advocate promotes e-citizenship skills.

Digital Government

Multistate Matrix is wounded, not dead

Officials at the Florida Law Enforcement Department have not given up.

People

CIOs share challenges

Issues facing chief information officers at the state, local and federal levels are not dissimilar, a panel says.

Digital Government

HHS marches with states on health IT

The secretary of health and human services says feds must collaborate with state governments on digital health technology.

Modernization

States see VOIP coming

A voice-over-IP network seems inevitable, several state CIOs said.

Digital Government

NASCIO goes to Washington

Twenty-one state CIOs took their concerns about cybersecurity and identification cards to Capitol Hill.

People

Track SEVIS payments online

Students can go to the Web to check the status of their Student and Exchange Visitor Information System fee payment.

People

IG takes issue with Energy architecture

The department has not fully defined current and future IT requirements, the inspector general says.